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In a bid to make the Amazon Kindle a mass-market device, the company will be introducing new versions of the e-reader next month that will feature a cheaper price tag and a slimmer, sleeker design. Speaking with the Wall Street Journal, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said a smaller Amazon Kindle will hit the company’s digital…
Just as we expected, Pocket Informant is released for the iPad. The application, which was already available for the iPhone and some other platforms, is now fully optimized to sing along Apple’s tablet computer. As you can guess, the iPhone app was just a beginning. The iPad version takes advantage of that larger screen to…
If you’ve been looking to inject some humor in your daily iPad routine, look for Cracked.com’s brand new app for Apple’s tablet device. The website which reaches over 7 million unique viewers a month said their iPad application is the “one-stop-shop for original comedy content” and best of all, it’s available as a free download.…
Whoa. The little-known Augen is bringing out a 7-inch Android tablet soon and a Kmart circular indicates it will only retail for $150. That is not a lot of money of what this Android tablet is going to pack, as the product page says the device, dubbed “GenTouch78,” will rock the 2.1 version of the…
Flipboard is a new iPad app made to turn your beloved tablet computer into a social magazine. It does that by mining the hundreds of millions of web links posted each day on Facebook and Twitter. Your “job” is to enter your Twitter and Facebook logins and let the app do its magic. It will…
MindMeister, which is a web-based mind mapping service, has been optimized for the iPad. Initially, the application has been only stretched for the larger screen of Apple’s tablet, but now we’re talking about a brand new app that packs some features the original iPhone app lacks. Here are some of the cool, new features: Automatic…
Apple had a magnificent third-quarter earnings statement thanks to the success of the iPhone and iPad. The company posted a profit of $3.25 billion on $15.7 billion in revenue (an all-time record) and it now has more than 100 million iOS devices. The company shipped 3.27 million iPad units in the quarter, which is a…
Ready to get your ‘learn’ on? A new version of the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia 2010 is now available for those on iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. The good folks at Paragon Software, together with Encyclopedia Britannica, have released version 2.0 of Britannica Concise Encyclopedia 2010. The new version brings you up-to-date with the latest info,…
Last week, I was invited by EA Games to attend a press event that showcased a number of their games that are being released from now until this holiday season. Not only were the drinks and food plentiful, but EA Games was showing a lot of highly anticipated games including, of course, EA Mobile. EA…
Apple responded to governmental concerns about the location-tracking capabilities of its iOS devices (like the Apple iPhone 4 and iPad) by saying it clearly spells out that it is doing it and that users can turn this off or just not agree to set up an account. As you may recall, Apple recently changed the…